Brisbane vs Lusaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Lusaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$685
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1880
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$606
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$332
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	36
😀 Quality of life	97	48
🏙️ Population	2.36M	2.47M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 264% more expensive than in Lusaka. Cities ranked 781st and 7016th ($2491 vs $685) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 9th in Australia and Zambia, respectively. Check Australia vs Zambia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 0.5 months in Lusaka. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Lusaka ranked 1st in Zambia, while ranked 15th and 6308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Lusaka

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	Brisbane	Lusaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$6.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$26.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$3.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$191
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$103
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$881
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$66.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$63.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	21.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$4865
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$12.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$6.99
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$5.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$2.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$2.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$42.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$3.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$4.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$5845

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$725
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$1139
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$1116
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1090
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$1028
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$729
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$670
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$1012
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$731
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$810
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$1017
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$761
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$939
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$756
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$834
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$871
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$947
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$662
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$582
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$585
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$1079
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$953
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$515
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$574
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$591
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$498
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$516
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$534
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$500
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$600
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$554
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1000
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$663
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$433
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$670